Most actively traded companies on the TSX

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (16,122.25, up 70.01 points)

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Up 53 cents, or 6.48 per cent, to $8.71 on 12.7 million shares.

Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Up eight cents, or 0.20 per cent, to $39.62 on 9.9 million shares.

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSX:TGOD). Healthcare. Up 70 cents, or 10.01 per cent, to $7.69 on 8.6 million shares.

Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Down two cents, or 0.42 per cent, to $4.72 on 6.5 million shares.

Aphria Inc. (TSX:APH). Healthcare. Up 13 cents, or 1.08 per cent, to $12.16 on 6.4 million shares.

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE). Oil and gas. Up five cents, or 0.97 per cent, to $5.18 on 5.3 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX:HBC). Retailer. Down 16 cents, or 1.51 per cent, to $10.46 on 520,050 shares. Canada’s oldest department store will sell its Gilt online retail business and shutter multiple Lord & Taylor locations as the struggling retailer attempts to boost its performance. HBC reported a loss of $400 million ($1.70 per share) in its first quarter compared with a loss of $221 million ($1.21 per share) a year ago.

Akita Drilling Ltd. (TSX:AKT.A). Oil and gas. Down 88.5 cents, or 13.09 per cent, to $5.875 on 40,245 shares. The company is buying U.S.-focused rival Xtreme Drilling Corp. (TSX:XDC) (up 25 cents, or 12.82 per cent, to $2.20 on 388,328 shares) in a $209-million cash-and-shares deal designed to gain greater access to the more active U.S. oil and gas exploration market.